Baltimore's "Do It Now" mayor, two-term Maryland governor, and
recently elected comptroller of the treasury, William Donald
Schaefer may be the most colorful character ever to play on the
Free State's political stage -- though competition for the honor is
intense. In this wonderfully readable account, Fraser Smith
explores the formative influences, backroom deals, personal
relationships, quirky Baltimorisms, vicious fights, civic pride,
splashes in the National Aquarium seal pool, victories, defeats,
draws -- everything that makes Schaefer's career colorful and that
helps us to understand the man himself.
A seasoned reporter who covered Schaefer's terms as mayor and
governor for the Baltimore Sun, Smith takes a serious-minded but
also throughly human-interest approach to his subject -- a study in
character and the capacity of certain people to make a difference
in the story of their time and locale. In Schaefer's case, the
story concerns the struggle of Baltimore to survive and, if
possible, renew itself. Smith draws on a sizable body of
documentary source material; his scores of interviews provide him
with juicy quotation and vibrant commentary. The book includes a
gallery of photos, most never before published, which recall
memorable moments in Schaefer's eventful career.
William Donald Schaefer: A Political Biography will fascinate
Maryland voters, appeal to students of twentieth-century America,
and engage anyone who loves a good story well told.
"His life in politics had been vouchsafed by do gooders, club
house operators, slick businessmen, and others. He managed to find
the best in each of these without being a servant to any. He was a
classic 1950s-style Can-Do man, aveteran of the Second World War, a
holdover from the time in American life when learning from
experience and respected elders was a way of life. He was a career
politician who ran for office to serve -- to work for people, to
care about their welfare. He wanted to think of himself -- and to
have others think of him -- as a distinguished city father, a
public servant. He seemed to be the last Baltimorean to see how
well he had succeeded." -- from the Preface
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